James Casey

Power returns to all of Clallam County

PORT ANGELES -- Power was restored to all Clallam County Public Utility District customers -- "that we know of" -- by 6 p.m. Friday, a… Continue reading

Tale presists of possiblity of chemical weapons beneath Strait of Juan de Fuca

SEKIU -- The rumor persists -- cloaked like the grim reaper -- that tons of mustard gas lie beneath the Strait of Juan de Fuca… Continue reading

Snow gives retailers a chill

There was snow business or no business for North Olympic Peninsula retailers during a week of snow and ice. Retailers in Forks, Port Angeles, Sequim… Continue reading

Forks hospital rises to occasion in times of weather need

FORKS -- Forks Community Hospital lived up to its middle name again during this week's snowstorm and the power outages it caused. A 17-bed acute-care… Continue reading

Bitter chill sends homeless to seek shelter

PORT ANGELES -- There's truly no place like home when there's no home, period. People without a safe place to spend the night face even… Continue reading

District court workers get raise for urine tests – >

PORT ANGELES -- It's a dirty job, but the somebodies who've got to do it will make an extra buck an hour. Clallam County commissioners… Continue reading

More court security in offing

PORT ANGELES -- Improved Superior Court security received approval from Clallam County's three commissioners at their weekly work session Monday. The court is seeking $6,184… Continue reading

Stores see flurry of activity in wake of snow

By midday Monday, not a single snow shovel could be bought in Port Angeles. Neither lamps nor lamp oil were in stock in Forks. SnoMelt… Continue reading

PA primary care practitioners look to grow into larger site

PORT ANGELES -- The primary care physicians at Family Medicine of Port Angeles are treating a smarter class of patients these days. Its patients are… Continue reading

Clallam undersheriff to get another county enforcement job

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Undersheriff Rich Sill will continue enforcing laws in 2007, but they'll be junk car ordinances, zoning regulations and critical-areas codes.… Continue reading

Clallam: On taxes, county giveth more than taketh

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County government is good for Clallam County -- to the tune of about $40.4 million in 2007 after deducting sales and… Continue reading

County-city pact paves way for eastern sewer line outside Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Anxiety rose to a pitch rarely felt in the Clallam County Courthouse before county commissioners Tuesday approved a tax-sharing agreement with the… Continue reading

Fierce storm takes toll on North Olympic Peninsula

A savage storm gave the back of its hand to the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday with a slap that snapped power poles, downed trees,… Continue reading

Commissioner’s eleventh-hour doubts clouds agreement that includes sewer line east of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A year in the making and on the eve of passage, a revenue-sharing agreement between Clallam County and Port Angeles city ran… Continue reading

Clallam: On taxes, county giveth more than taketh

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County government is good for Clallam County -- to the tune of about $40.4 million in 2007 after deducting sales and… Continue reading

Peninsula: – Sunday gusts cause scattered power outages

It huffed and it puffed but it didn't blow very much down. Sunday's breezes caused only isolated power losses on a North Olympic Peninsula that… Continue reading

Clallam: Tax reduction programs aim to help elders, disabled people

PORT ANGELES -- Death, at least, still is certain. Taxes -- some of them for some people under some conditions -- may be another matter.… Continue reading

Thousands in Clallam County remain without electricity

The storm that whipped wind and rain across Clallam County on Wednesday left thousands of people high and dry and without electricity that may take… Continue reading

Port Angeles: – ‘Mike Glenn Week’ will honor OMC administrator

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center will observe Nov. 27 through Dec. 1 as Mike Glenn Week. Those five days will be Glenn's last as… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Nurses pact seems near; picketing called off

PORT ANGELES -- Members of the Service Employees International Union have canceled the informational picketing they had planned today at Olympic Medical Center. "Isn't that… Continue reading